#C9C628#C9C628

#C9C628 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.164 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C628
RGB	rgb(201, 198, 40)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 80.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -15.80, 71.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 73.67, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.0518 0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.164 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6663, 52.9604, 9.8766)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C628 #282BC9

analogous

#C97628 #C9C628 #7CC928

triadic

#C9C628 #28C9C6 #C628C9

tetradic

#C9C628 #28C976 #282BC9 #C9287C

square

#C9C628 #28C976 #282BC9 #C9287C

split-complementary

#C9C628 #287CC9 #7628C9

monochromatic

#636114 #96941E #C9C628 #DDDA52 #E7E585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C9C628 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#C9C628 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C628

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C628	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C628	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c628;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 198, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.164 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded771',
    500: '#c9c628',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c628;
$custom-light: #ded771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c628",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.882,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80366,
    "c": 0.16399,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C628

secondary

#28296D

accent

#41EA3E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C628

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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